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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle IX topic area #6 on environmental issues.
Since 1992, when the United Nations recognized climate change as a serious issue, negotiations among countries have produced notable accords, including the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement.
But leaders have failed to slow global temperature rise. https://t.co/MkJGzDYqhu
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) May 29, 2022
Before and after: Satellite image shows horrific drought scouring Horn of Africa https://t.co/Bx2cDnmpEy
— The Independent (@Independent) May 24, 2022
Brazil has pledged to end illegal deforestation by 2028. But its president has relaxed enforcement of environmental safeguards https://t.co/U75p4KOuzk
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 22, 2022